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A San Ramon Valley Unified School District bond proposition, Measure D ballot question was on the November 6, 2012, ballot for voters in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District in Contra Costa County, where it was approved.[1]

Measure D authorized the school district to borrow $260 million. The funds to repay the loan would come from property owners in the district. They are expected to pay $13.20 in increased property taxes each year for 25 years for each $100,000 of assessed valuation of their property.[1]

Election results

Support

School board president Greg Marvel said, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We have low construction costs and low interest rates. If we don't grab this now, people will look back and wonder what the board was thinking."[1]

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

"To improve local elementary, middle and high school classrooms, labs and learning facilities by adding classrooms to prevent school overcrowding; upgrading fire, security and earthquake safety; updating science labs, and instructional technology infrastructure for 21st-century learning; improving energy efficiency; and renovating, constructing and equipping schools, facilities and classrooms, shall San Ramon Valley Unified School District issue $260 million in bonds, at legal rates, with citizens’ oversight, annual audits, no funds for administrators’ salaries and all funds benefitting local schools?"[2]